Attention is the vital thing and there is no tension in attention. It just happens to be a similar word. It's not concentration or straining. Attention has the openness of a young child not yet dominated by the conceptual mind.

You cannot receive what you don't give. Outflow determines inflow. Whatever you think the world is withholding from you, you already have, but unless you allow it to flow out, you won't even know that you have it. This includes abundance.

A great silent space holds all of nature in its embrace. It also holds you.

So do not be concerned with the fruit of your action-just give attention to the action itself. The fruit will come of its own accord.

It seems that most people need to experience a great deal of suffering before they will relinquish resistance and accept - before they will forgive.

The stream of thinking has enormous momentum that can easily drag you along with it. Every thought pretends that it matters so much.

When you live in complete acceptance of what is, that is the end of all drama in your life.